Unfortunately, we tend to lash out and rant when angry without thinking of the consequences or how it will be perceived by the other person. Beautiful nostalgic write. "Because love is to trust, as to trust is to love," powerful sentence, Robin!

one of the reasons people should be careful of painful words is that they cannot be erased if we change our mind. i know how you feel, robin, you are having trouble trusting again. take your time and just a bit of distance until you are sure.

Dear Robin,
This is such a lovely and touching poem ... but Robin is the name of my nephew's father, and so I cannot receive the thought as toward me. I do love my husband, very much. I am content, though life brought each of us great trials, we now have each other and want no more than to care for one another forever.